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20th-century physicists

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Adam FrankAuthor · BooksAdam Frank (born 1962) is an American physicist, astronomer, and writer. His scientific research has focused on computational astrophysics with an emphasis on star formation and late stages…
Agustín Fernández MalloAuthor · BooksIllustration — Agustín Fernández Mallo presenting his book Nocilla Experience in Barcelona.
Alexander HuberAuthor · BooksAlexander Huber (born 30 December 1968) is a German rock climber who is considered one of the greatest and most influential climbers in the history of the sport.
Attila GrandpierrePerson · Music memorabiliaAttila Grandpierre (Grandpierre Attila; born 4 July 1951) is a Hungarian musician, astrophysicist, physicist, self-taught historian, writer and poet.
Banesh HoffmannPerson · Film memorabiliaBanesh Hoffmann is recorded as having received Gravity Research Foundation and Science Writing Award. Hoffmann was
Brian GreeneAuthor · BooksBrian Randolph Greene[1] (born February 9, 1963) is an American physicist known for his research on string theory.[67][68][71] He is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia…
Bud GraceArtist · Comics and comic artBud Grace (born c. 1944) is an American cartoonist, primarily known for the comic strip Ernie, later retitled as Piranha Club in the United States.
Carl Friedrich von WeizsäckerAuthor · BooksCarl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker (28 June 1912 – 28 April 2007) was a German physicist and philosopher.
Carl SaganAuthor · BooksCarl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator.
Carlo RovelliAuthor · BooksCarlo Rovelli (born 3 May 1956) is an Italian theoretical physicist and writer who has worked in Italy, the United States, France, and Canada.
Chia-Chiao LinAuthor · Books
Eliyahu M. GoldrattmmnjAuthor · BooksEliyahu Moshe Goldratt (March 31, 1947 – June 11, 2011) was an Israeli business management guru.
Emilio G. SegrèAuthor · BooksEmilio Gino Segrè (lang; 1 February 1905 – 22 April 1989) was an Italian-American nuclear physicist and radiochemist who discovered the elements technetium and astatine, and the antiproton,…
Ernesto SabatoArtist · PaintingsErnesto Sabato (lang; June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter, and physicist.
Frédéric Joliot-CuriePerson · Film memorabiliaJean Frédéric Joliot-Curie (lang; Joliot; 19 March 1900 – 14 August 1958) was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his wife, Irène…
George E. SmithPhotographer · PhotographyGeorge Elwood Smith (May 10, 1930 – May 28, 2025) was an American applied physicist and a co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD).
Gholam-Ali Haddad-AdelAuthor · BooksGholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (born 9 May 1945) is an Iranian politician and former chairman of the Parliament. Haddad-Adel is a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
Gregory BenfordAuthor · BooksGregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of…
Hajo MeyerAuthor · BooksHajo Meyer (born Hans-Joachim Gustav Meyer; 12 August 1924 – 23 August 2014) was a German-born Dutch physicist, Holocaust survivor and political activist.
Hans FreudenthalAuthor · BooksHans Freudenthal (17 September 1905 – 13 October 1990) was a Jewish German-born Dutch mathematician.
Hans-Peter DürrAuthor · BooksHans-Peter Dürr (7 October 1929 – 18 May 2014) was a German physicist. He worked on nuclear and quantum physics, elementary particles and gravitation, epistemology, and philosophy, and he…
Irina RatushinskayaAuthor · BooksIrina Borisovna Ratushinskaya (4 March 1954, Odesa – 5 July 2017, Moscow) was a Russian Soviet dissident, poet and writer.
J. Allen HynekAuthor · BooksJosef Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910 – April 27, 1986) was an American astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research.
John A. RogersDesigner · Modern designJohn A. Rogers (born August 24, 1967) is an American physical chemist and a materials scientist.
John C. HoldenArtist · Comics and comic artJohn C. Holden (born 1934), often called Jack Holden, is an American geologist, scientific illustrator, and humorist known for his early research into tectonic drift with Robert S.
John GribbinAuthor · BooksJohn R. Gribbin (born 19 March 1946) is a British science writer and astrophysicist. His subjects include quantum physics, human evolution, climate change and cosmology.
John HastedPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Barrett Hasted (17 February 1921 – 4 May 2002) was a British physicist and folk musician.
Jules AaronsPhotographer · PhotographyJules Aarons (October 3, 1921 – November 21, 2008) was an American space physicist known for his study of radio-wave propagation, and a photographer known for his street photography in…
Katherine JohnsonAuthor · BooksKatharine Johnson (disambiguation)Katharine Johnson
Krzysztof BoruńAuthor · BooksKrzysztof Boruń (23 November 1923 – 22 May 2000) was a Polish physicist, journalist and science fiction writer.
Leona WoodsAuthor · BooksLeona Harriet Woods (August 9, 1919 – November 10, 1986), later known as Leona Woods Marshall and Leona Woods Marshall Libby, was an American physicist who helped build the first nuclear…
Leonard MlodinowAuthor · BooksLeonard Mlodinow (born November 26, 1954) is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, screenwriter and author.
Mario LivioAuthor · BooksThe Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number (2002)
Martin David KruskalAuthor · BooksMartin David Kruskal (September 28, 1925 – December 26, 2006) was an American mathematician and physicist.
Maurizio DianaArtist · PaintingsMaurizio Diana (born August 4, 1939) is an Italian geologist, physicist and painter.
Michael AlbertAuthor · BooksMichael Albert (born April 8, 1947) is an American economist, speaker, writer, and political critic. Since the late 1970s, he has published on a variety of subjects.
Michael H. HartAuthor · Books
Nicanor ParraAuthor · BooksNicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (5 September 1914 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean physicist and poet.
Paolo GiordanoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Paolo Giordano.
Paul HoffertPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Matthew Hoffert, LLD, CM (born 22 September 1943, in Brooklyn, New York) is a recording artist, performer, media music composer, author, academic, and corporate executive.
Piet HeinDesigner · Modern designPiet Hein (16 December 1905 – 17 April 1996) was a Danish polymath (mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet), often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym Kumbel, meaning…
Randall MunroeArtist · Comics and comic artRandall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984)[1][2] is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic xkcd.
Richard FeynmanAuthor · BooksRichard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist.
Robert L. ForwardAuthor · BooksRobert Lull Forward (August 15, 1932 – September 21, 2002) was an American physicist and science fiction writer.
Rudolf KompfnerDesigner · DesignRudolf Kompfner (May 16, 1909 – December 3, 1977) was an Austrian-born inventor, physicist and architect, best known as the inventor of the traveling-wave tube (TWT).
Sergey NikitinPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Moscow.
Simon SinghPerson · Film memorabiliaSimon Lehna Singh, (born 19 September 1964) is a British popular science author and theoretical and particle physicist.
Stephen HawkingAuthor · BooksStephen William Hawking (8January 194214March 2018) was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology…
Subhash KakAuthor · BooksSubhash Kak is an Indian-American computer scientist and Hindutva historical revisionist.
Tsutomu ShimomuraPerson · Film memorabiliaTsutomu Shimomura is a Japanese-born physicist and computer security expert. He is known for helping the FBI track and arrest hacker Kevin Mitnick.
Vandana ShivaAuthor · BooksVandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author.
William Luther PierceAuthor · BooksWilliam Luther Pierce III (September 11, 1933 – July 23, 2002) was an American neo-Nazi political activist.
Willy LeyAuthor · BooksWilly Otto Oskar Ley (October 2, 1906 – June 24, 1969) was a German and American science writer and proponent of space exploration and cryptozoology.

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